Poked self before giving cat insulin plz help

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Deb14

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Hello. I feel so awful I didn't realized I poked myself prior to giving my kitty an insulin injection. Now I'm a wreck . Is my cat going to be ok? After I gave injection noticed my finger hurt and started to bleed. :(

Thx u so much
 
I have done exactly the same with no side effects just an increased respect for my cat for putting up with being jabbed constantly!
 
I stuck my leg with a lancet the other day when getting ready to test kitty. :cool: I'm sure most have stuck themselves with a syringe or needle at least once lol. You both should be fine :cat:
 
There aren't too many serious illnesses that you can transmit to the cat and vice versa. It's nothing to worry about really.
 
Meya14 said:
There aren't too many serious illnesses that you can transmit to the cat and vice versa.
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Off track/ When Kobi's time came he took a chomp out of my finger. My vet said there aren't many places filthier than a cats mouth. My doctor drew a line around my finger, "If it turns blue past this line go to emergency." The antibiotic she prescribed was not in her database, she had to look it up in a book!
I'm more freaked about my home-made sharpie container, an old Maxx Scoop tub. What about toxoplasmosis? We have 6 litter boxes.
 
Most cases of toxoplasmosis in united states and other modern countries are actually spread by undercooked beef and other meats rather than from indoor cats. Toxoplasmosis is spread by oral-fecal route or from eating infected meat. It probably is not spread easily by bites or by blood contact (needle sticks). Infection with this is probably a lot more common than thought, maybe up to 50% of the human population in developed countries. Some areas, almost all of the human population is infected due to poor sanitation.

Cat saliva contains some bacteria as their normal flora that when in an -ANEROBIC- condition or deep into tissues (like a puncture wound such as a bite) can cause infection in humans and other animals. This is not really a zoonotic disease as these bacteria are very common in moist, dark environments in general (strep, staph, pasteurella, fusobacterium) Also, some cats have a zoonotic-type disease on their nails that can transmit "cat-scratch fever" (Bartonella henselae) which is usually a minor illness. Cat bites can deposit these bacteria very deep into the tissue and that's where the real issues come from. Bites are hard to clean, and topical medications cannot penetrate and this leads to severe infections.
 
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........... rather than from indoor cats.
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I was just having fun with Old Wives tales. "Don't look at a mouse when you're pregnant. If you do, your baby will be born with a hairy birthmark." Black cats are considered good luck it the U.K. and Japan. The "facts" people believe in never cease to amaze me. My two favorites; If you get a cut let a dog lick it and the needle for a rabies shot syringe is THIS LONG and you get it in the stomach!
Never hit by lightening but when I was 6 we made an electric wiener roaster. Strip the ends of a lamp cord, twist the ends around 2 nails and pound through a 1X6. Plug in the cord and put the hot dog through the nails! I though the nails had to be hot so I grabbed one (the ground) "Not hot", then I grabbed the other nail. Bzzzzzzzzzzt! 110 volts and 20 amps across the chest. I fell backwards and unplugged the cord. This was 1963, no ground-fault interrupters. That might explain who I am.
 
It has happened here. We're still drinking coffee and treating Leo :eek:
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You're going to grow a tail and whiskers!! Just kidding, I did it several times with the lancet and insulin and nothing happened. Unless you have a compromised immune system you should be just fine and so will your kitty.
 
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